Solitude is indeed dangerous for a working intelligence. We need to have around us people who think and speak. When we are alone for a long time we people the void with phantoms
GUY DE MAUPASSANTGreat minds that are healthy are never considered geniuses, while this sublime qualification is lavished on brains that are often inferior but are slightly touched by madness.
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The kiss itself is immortal. It travels from lip to lip, century to century, from age to age. Men and women garner these kisses, offer them to others and then die in turn.
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We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs… of our barbarous ancestors.
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Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.
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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.
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Legitimized love always despises its easygoing brother.
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Military men are the scourges of the world.
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The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it
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You must render: never report.
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A sick thought can devour the body’s flesh more than fever or consumption.
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In the East men know panic, but they do not know what fright is.
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The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.
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We breathe love as we breathe air; we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us.
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Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.
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Love always has its price, come whence it may.
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Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror.
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